| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Adrian Minea | ||
| Date of birth | (1961-12-26) 26 December 1961 (age 63) | ||
| Place of birth | Călăraşi, Romania | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1983 | Steaua București | 42 | (2) |
| 1983–1988 | Olt Scorniceşti | 141 | (7) |
| 1989–1991 | Steaua București | 60 | (8) |
| 1991–1996 | K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E. | 118 | (10) |
| Total | 361 | (27) | |
| International career | |||
| 1981–1987 | Romania U-21 | 11 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Daniel Adrian Minea (born 26 December 1961) is a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder in the 1980s and 1990s.
He started his career with Steaua Bucharest, before moving to FC Olt Scorniceşti. He returned to Steaua in 1989 and he went on to play for them in their 1989 European Cup Final defeat by Milan. He was still at the club in 1990–91 when he played two games in that season's Cup Winners Cup, one of which was the 1st round, 2nd leg match against Glentoran.
Minea played a total of 243 Divizia A matches for Steaua Bucharest and FC Olt, scoring 17 goals.
In 1991, he joined Belgian side K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E. and he remained with them for five seasons before retiring in 1996. He made 118 league appearances for them scoring 10 goals.
His brother, Iulian, was also a professional footballer, they played together at Steaua București.
Honours
Club
- Steaua București
- Divizia A: 1988–89
- Cupa României: 1988–89
- European Cup runner-up: 1988–1989
References
- ^ "Daniel Minea career stats". Playerhistory.com. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ "Daniel Minea". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- Antonio Zea and Marcel Haisma. "European Champions' Cup 1988–89 – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 17 January 2008.
- "Citeşte povestea nefardată a celui mai bun stelist al finalei de coşmar din 1989". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 20 June 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- "Glentoran – Cup Winners Cup Record". Irish Football Club Project. home.online.no. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- "Fraţii Stelei de la Francisc şi Vasile Zavoda, la Adrian şi Sabin Ilie. Cele 8 perechi de fraţi din istoria echipei. A venit rândul lui Romario şi Daniel Benzar" [Brothers of Steaua from Francisc and Vasile Zavoda, Adrian and Sabin Ilie. The 8 pairs of brothers in the team's history. It's Romario and Daniel Benzar's turn] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- "Istoria fratilor se repeta la Steaua! A 7-a pereche se alatura stelistilor" [The history of the brothers is repeated at Steaua! The 7th pair joins Steaua] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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